Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-24
Charged Against Edward Clark,
Democratic Candidate for
Member Of the Board
of Public Works.
SHOT IN THE NECK WHILE eNDEAV-
ING TO AVOID ARREST.
He Acknowledge. That lie !. the Same
cate From the Clerk OF Butler County.

tainly in bad enough shape with men
like Powell. who was manager of the
fraud aud forgery campaign of 1885,. and
Goldman. the diSbur>ing agent of the
boodlc gang in 1881. ai its heal They
, are not the only ornaments on il. how
: ever. Edward Clark. the Democratic
nominee for state board nf public works,
, who is "u the ticket with them. enjoys
the proud distinction of being the only
candidate for Il state offic" IN Ohio this
year VIII" has been shot while attempting
to escape arrest for blowing open an
office safe. The Democrats last year en-
deavorcd - pla"" on their ticket for this
office Il man who had served II term in
the worn hou~c. hut finally t""k him "a
and put "n a respectable man. Their re
spectacle man WAS not elected. and this
year they seem t. have been impressed
with the necessity nf winding mp th,
campaign with II man on the ticket for
this Office whose record i wurS, than
that "f tn" man they started ont with in
facts in the cas-. >hnuIl he given for the
benefit al all honest men Of whatever
party. Crrtpinly no one wants to vntt
for man with the antecedentS and pa~i
history "f Edward Clark. Demucratr
nominee for member of the stat. bos 4
pf public works. and il is due 10 tho
voters of Ohio that his record he g..sn.
on the mcrnjug of September 26. 1861.
Edward l"hn>ton. VIII" resided w ..h his
father on Park street Middleton l.. O.
was awakened from his sumhers hv n
! '!ull. rumhling sound likened 10 an earth
quake. After making sure he was by
| himself. he looked out Of the window of
! his bedroom, when lie discovered three
men in n small frame building on the.
southwest corner Of Park and Fifth
/ street. and occupied by MeSSrs. .Jac0hv
n Caldwell rs "A lumber yard office He
! hastily dressed and went through the
| back yard and over a neighbor'S fence to
! BroaIway. thence Ia the residence of Mr.
Gc"rCc Ja"nhy. on Main street aud gave
tie alarm. soon Mr.. .lacoby. with his
sons, James H. and Edward. together
with William Harnsh. Thomas II. Robi-
lon and Edward Johnston. surrounded
the lumber ward Office. tu the surprise Of
ihe burglars, who broke and ran kS
,ne passed Harnioh he sho; and produced
slight gun~hot wound on the neck of
one of the robbers. BY this time quite "A
crowd had gathered. and LaIglon Shcaf.
he marshal. made the arrest Of Eiwar,!
clark, Thomas Thompson. Charles Berch.
Hamilton CLARK. Alexander Berkin and
R!chard Aspcr. Later on in the day The
parties named Were arraigned before
Samuel +. Bowman. mayor Of the vii
lage. on the charge Of ..hurglary. - The
following facts were developed on the
rial: That Capt. Edward Clark. with th,.
above named crew. loaded the canal boat
NJ o Neal with lumber AT Toledo. O, for
1acohy n Caldwell at Middletown. q. he
ing late in the evening of sept -. 1861. |
when they arrived in port the CAPTAIN |
went Ia the Office Of .Tacohv X Caldwell |
and notified them Of the arrival Of the !
cargo AT the Fifth street wharf. While III |
the Office some one called and paid "A bill |
I" Mr.. Caldwell. who placed the money |
IN the iron safe. Soon after This Clark |
left the Office with the promise that he |
would begin early ia the morning and |
unload the lumber
After returning to the boat he CLARK, |
Tompson and Charles Berch entered into
plan 10 rob the safe Of .Jacohy X Cald-
well Powder was procured. and soor,
after midnight they procured some huf-
faio robes. which they placed over the
safe, and then they filled the key hole
full of powder, which was fired with
fuse. For some reason or other this
charge failed tn blow the safe door open.
After listening for awhile. ard not hear
ing anybody, they prepared to try it once
more. and Were about ready when they
discovered they We're surrounded. and
made break for liberty Just as one
Clark passed Will Harni>h he WAS com
mandcd tn halt. but paid nSattention to
the order, and Harnish fired IA small re-
v"lvcr at him, the ball making a slight
gunsh"t wound in his neck. CLARK tn
this day carries his head a little
t" one side He then ran to
the canal. jumped in and swan
across. Soon posse under the
of the marshal surrounded the
boat, and found Clark in bed. with wet
clothes ana a bloody shirt on He CLARK
'himed the place on his neck was an old
snIe. and the blood un his shirt wa. from
Iosc bleed, and the wet clothes from fall
ng overheard ''On hearing the noi~,.
made by the party named he came has
lily "n deck AMI in III" dark made mis-
step and went into the canal " I
Dr>. Samuel liyniman. 81. and Charles {
:. BarniiE mad" a careful examination
md declared the mark was II fresh run ,
h"t wound Edward Clark. Thnna, Tom ,
on. and Charles Bcrch were held in the
um "f 500 each. which they failed tC
1--WE, and We're taken TO Hamilton. Ohio.
y Marshal lan-;.on Shcaf. and placed in d
ne Butler county jail 10y Alfred 4. Phil |
ips, sheriff of the county. Hamilton
lark. Alexander Berkin and Richard
>Sper We're released for want of evidence,
i! "f which j. verified 10y the record Of
he mayor, docket af the village of Mid u
Ict"yn. Ohio. From this time no record
an he found. The appearance docke;
Hbl cannot he found
The SherIil'S ial record for that wear =
ann"t hc fond: now. the funny part is o.
hat Edward Clark. who wa- placed on a
b" Democratic state ticket for member :,
the board of public works. by the al
ate central committee of the Demo u
ratIr party "f Ohio. since his nomina-
on. called on th" clerk Of the court of -,
nfier county. lH company with Il prom "A,
Icnt Democratic politician of Hamilton
tier being introduced Clark asked if the
cords Of Butler county contained any
lstory Of his !'eing arrested for attempt
~ 10 rob safe AT NdiIetown. Ohio.
e admitted he was arrested, but that
DthinG was done with il. Now if he
td seen fit. he could have found a reg
ii IN Miidlctown, and some living wit
'SSes who tan tell even more of his